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Lianne La Havas – Live At Trianon, Paris – 2013 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend: Rock Without Borders Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Lianne La Havas Live at Trianon – February 19, 2013 Over to Paris this weekend for a set by 2012 BBC Faces To Watch Nominee, Lianne La Havas. By all indications, she’s…

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March 3, 2013

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The Strypes – In Session – 2013 – Nights At The Roundtable

Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Strypes – Live At BBC Maida Vale – Feb. 10, 2013 I found this hard to believe at first. The Strypes are an Irish four-piece, firmly in the retro-Hard Rock/Blues mold.…

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February 13, 2013

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Jim Noir – In Session – 2010 – Nights At The Roundtable

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jim Noir – Marc Riley Session BBC 25-11-10) Haven’t heard much from the multi-talented Jim Noir lately. With such a prolific output as he’s had since 2005, you more or less plan…

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February 12, 2013

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Years Of Crisis – 1958 – Past Daily Reference Room: Through A Glass Darkly Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Years of Crisis – 1958 In 1958 we were knee-deep in the Cold War with grumblings from Europe about a Common Market, or European Union. But on this edition of the year-end Reporters…

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December 27, 2012

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Echo Lake – 2012 – Nights At The Roundtable

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Echo Lake – Wild Peace – 2012 Something of more recent vintage tonight. Echo Lake are a duo consisting of Thom Hill and Linda Jarvis. Their debut release came out in June…

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October 2, 2012

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Toy In Session – 2012 – Nights At The Roundtable

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Toy – In Session – BBC 6 Music 2012 I first heard about Toy last year when their first single was released and they were being touted in most UK music press…

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September 17, 2012

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The Jam In Session – 1977 – Nights At The Roundtable

Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Jam in session – July 19, 1977 The thing about the Punk movement in the UK was that it was truly about social upheaval and a reaction to the Thatcher years.…

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September 5, 2012

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July 23, 1947 – Postwar Europe – A Delicate Madness –

Click on the Link: News for July 23, 1947 News for this July 23rd in 1947 had to do with the delicate balance being struck throughout postwar Europe, and fears the unity was falling apart. The Big Three Conference was…

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July 23, 2012

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The Futureheads In Session -2010 – Nights At The Roundtable

Click on the Link and play loud: The Futureheads In Session 2010 I first discovered The Futureheads on Myspace around the time their second album had come out. They were gathering a good word of mouth and gigging pretty consistently.…

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July 20, 2012

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